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The Psychology of your 20s — 395. Is depression just a chemical imbalance?
Scout ratingSCOUT· 62%32m·2026-03-15·Mental Health

395. Is depression just a chemical imbalance?

The Psychology of your 20s

The idea that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” is one of the most widely accepted explanations in modern mental health ... but is it actually true? In this bonus episode, we unpack where the chemical imbalance theory came from, how it became the dominant narrative around depression, and why many…

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